I SAY AMEN, BROTHER!!!!!!!!!!
This should be posted in all schools .
Love him or hate him, he sure hits the nail on the head with this! To anyone with kids of any age, here's some advice.
Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.
Rule 1 : Life is not fair - get used to it!
Rule 2: The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.
Rule 3 : You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.
Rule 4 : If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.
Rule 5 : Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity.
Rule 6 : If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.
Rule 7 : Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.
Rule 8 : Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.
Rule 9 : Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time.
Rule 10 : Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
Rule 11 : Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.
4 comments:
He is the richest man in the world and never graduated from high school I don't think and I know he didn't graduate from college.
His rules are perfect.
Yes, in every High School across the country!
I especially love Rule #5!!
I was working in a canery at age 16during the summers and my Dad told me it was a great opportunity! Looking back it was. That summer, I bought all my school clothes, paid for the gas I used in my parents car, and even had some to save.
Great Post Patty!
Dear Patty ~~ Great post and great rules. Bill Gates is so successful, it would pay for young people to follow his rules.
Thanks for your message, and the link to your husband's site. The Kroger store looks wonderful and the photos are really good. I also liked hi bird pictures as well. Thank you both.
Whenever a new shop opens near me, I stay away for the first couple of weeks. Miss the opening bargains, but it's too hectic. Take care,
Love, Merle.
I love reading your blog, always something interesting or funny to read ! Thanks for sharing !
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